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The Examiner brings RESULTS

by Tim Bousquet December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Here’s the Halifax Examiner’s tax return

by Tim Bousquet November 18, 2022November 19, 2022

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We need a monster to blame for what ails us, because the alternative is too terrifying

by Philip Moscovitch November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

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COVID

Nova Scotia long COVID clinic struggles to find new doctor as demand for services increases

by Yvette d'Entremont November 17, 2022November 18, 2022

Zane Woodford, a young white man with a dark beard and blue eyes, in a dramatic black and white photo

Zane Woodford is the Examiner’s municipal affairs reporter, and so much more

by Tim Bousquet November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

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Jennifer Henderson is one of the dynamos that drives the Halifax Examiner

by Tim Bousquet November 14, 2022November 14, 2022

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COVID

Canadian researchers say floor samples can detect COVID up to a week before cases reported

by Yvette d'Entremont November 4, 2022November 9, 2022

The current indifference to COVID deaths is in stark contrast to the public anguish when the virus ripped through Northwood early in the pandemic

by Tim Bousquet October 28, 2022November 9, 2022

Apartment buildings under construction on Clyde Street in Halifax in June 2021. The new construction dwarfs an older building, which is itself only a couple of decades old. In the foreground you can see a bright blue cherry picker crane, and a yello tube through which trash drops into a dumpster. In front of the nearest building is a chain link fence, covered with multi coloured banners extolling the virtues of the construction company, the investors, and the future luxury accomodations. The banners are already worn and filthy.

Province moves to silence HRM bylaw on construction noise

by Jennifer Henderson October 21, 2022October 27, 2022

A bright yellow and green COVID test box with a positive test in front of it.

COVID

Scientists, experts, advocates call on feds to create action plan to address Long COVID

by Yvette d'Entremont October 21, 2022October 27, 2022

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

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2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.